| Author | Message | ||
     Paint_shaker |
Not really... I thought since I have new tires to put on the XB12R race bike, I'll put the take offs (Conti Road Attacks) on the 98S1W. Easy enough job.... Get the wheels of the XB no prob.... Get the 98S1W up and remove the rear wheel. It's been easy so far.... Get the front all unbuttoned, then remember the brake pads have to come out to get the caliper to clear the rotor. Still easy enough.... Wait a min... The screw-in pin that retains the brake pads is stripped!!! Dam it, now what... I'll drill it out!! Yeah... drilled it, but it is still in there... Gotta leave it so I can get the new tires... Come home, throw the S1W back together enough to move it. Do misc service work on the race bike... Go inside to relax... About 2 hrs later remember that I bought a set of "easy outs" for just such an occassion... DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll get back on it sometime this weekend. Anyone got a beer?? P.S. Gainesville even has the part I need in stock!! | ||
| Chasespeed |
Anyone got a beer?? No beer here... have rum and whiskey though.... Anyway, yeah, there are somethings I learned to put a little anti-seize on... saves a LOT of headaches, down the road... Chase | ||
| F_skinner |
Paint, no problem. I have a beer waiting for you.... Opps I drank it.  Frank | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Thanks buddy.... lol | ||
| Preybird1 |
Whiskey! Nice i think ill have some tonight! I broke the exhaust stud bolt..Drilled it, Used easy out..Broke it off in stud bolt, Finally got the easy out out. Drilled it some more put better bigger easy out in so i thought.. Dam broke it again deeper in...Dam dam dam there goes the weekend ride. So after a lame day off with no bike, I took it to my friend to have him repair it. He runs a dirtbike repair and modification shop and does great fair priced work. He then had to weld a rod to the stud to yank the easy out, We were just hoping the stud just maybe would come out to, Ive seen it happen before. Now the fun part. It was so seized in the head he had to channel down the side of the stud to get it out and then he had to sleeve the new stud into the head to repair it!!! He is a good friend and he did it for $100.00 Oh a side note when i took this to the dealer they wanted to get me on a 1 month!! waiting list, And have the service shop tear down the head so the machinist could end mill it? To get it top dead center. I said what... There is no way im going to do that much tear down for a stud i said, So i called the shop later after i had attempted the easy out which i got from the mac tool guy. That were supposed to be the strongest ones out there ha. Snapped like toothpicks. BAD IDEA! So i was curious what the hd shop thought of the problem and the old guy on the phone say That isnt going to make the machinist happy! DUH! I wasnt happy!! My friend fixed this in 45 minutes. A month lol silly hd dealer. I will never go there again! | ||
| Jos51700 |
I'm betting that if you use the EZ(not)out on that caliper pin, you'll never get it out. What I've seen is that they tend to be overtorqued, and that expands the head of the pin, locking it in place, and an EZout makes it worse. Try drilling it close to, but not all the way out, so the press fit is relieved. (Obviously, we're trying to leave the threads in the caliper.) Then grip the pin and try to rotate it out. It's usually easy to spin it out once it's drilled out so much. | ||
| Jos51700 |
And I love the Road Attacks on my S1W. GREAT burnout tire. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I would suggest a small bit of heat and a left-hand drill. I have NEVER have ONE success with "ez-outs". | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Round Two: Brake pad retention pin vs easy out. Results: Easy out 1, Retention pin 0 If only I would have remembered the easy out yesterday.... Oh well! | ||
| Preybird1 |
Nice glad it worked out. | ||
| Jstfrfun |
Bird! When are you gonna learn!? THE DEALER (or H/D service) IS NOT YOUR FRIEND!!! Go to you friends or your Bad Web FIRST! | ||
| Preybird1 |
I got it. Thats exactly what i do now! Bad web is sweet thanks jstfrfun. | ||
| Yo_barry |
I stripped the allen head in the caliper--the one that holds the pads in place. I think its a 5mm allen head. I used the allen head hole as a pilot and drilled with a 1/4" completely through the screw head. This screw is pretty soft. This detached the long pin so it could be removed from the caliper and let me remove the pads. Then an easy-out worked to remove what was left of the screw head. Sounds like it worked for you also. |
